A vibrant blue poison dart frog, *Ranitomeya aetherea*, has been identified as a new species in the western Amazon.

The frogs are in the Ranitomeya genus and are tiny. All are only 15 to 17 millimetres in length—roughly the size of a dime.

Researchers identified a new poison dart frog species in the Amazon which has bright blue stripes on a darker body with copper-colored legs.

The Amazon is one of the planet’s last great wildernesses, stretching across nine countries in South America. It has been a ...

Scientists have discovered two new poison dart frog species in the Brazilian Amazon. The frogs belong to the Ranitomeya genus ...

Scientists have identifiedtwo new species of poison dart frogs in the remote Brazilian Amazon, shedding light on the hidden ...

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They are considered the king of the Amazon, and are known for their powerful bite and hunting abilities. They are the most ...

A team of wildlife researchers from Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, in Brazil, working with a colleague from the ...

As dawn sunlight seeped through the canopy of the Amazon rainforest, a colorful creature with “toxic skin” climbed down ...

They spend their days perched on these plants or foraging in the nearby leaf litter, likely eating the toxic insects that ...

The tiny amphibian, observed in a remote area of the Brazilian Amazon, is the first such discovery in a decade.